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Johannesburg Mayor Jolidi Matongo
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On the day of the death of the politician, as part of the election campaign, he accompanied President Cyril Ramaposa on a trip.
The newly elected head of the South African city of Johannesburg, Jolidi Matongo, was killed in an accident. About this on Sunday night, September 19, reported SABC News TV channel.
As you know, the car accident happened the night before. On this day, the politician accompanied the President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaposa and the head of the Gauteng province on a trip to the Johannesburg suburb of Soweto as part of the campaign before the local elections.
Upon learning of the incident, the head of state said that he was deeply saddened by the death of Matongo. Ramaposa expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased, his friends, colleagues, as well as the residents of Johannesburg.
“It is difficult to comprehend this tragedy, given the vitality and energy with which Mayor Matongo communicated with me and the people of Soweto shortly before his death. Nothing could prepare us for this sudden loss, as a result of which the economic center of our country lost the second executive months “, – quotes the words of the president of SABC News.
We will remind, 46-year-old Matongo was elected mayor of the largest metropolis in South Africa on August 10 – after his predecessor in this post, Jeff Mahubo dies in July due to coronavirus… Thus, the new head of the city worked in his position for just over a month.
As reported Correspondent.net, September 7 in the Nikolaev region the mayor of Voznesensk Alexander Shapovalov got into a traffic accident – his car collided with a shuttle bus. The politician was traumatized.
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